Costumer.



T. P. FORMAN.

COSTUMER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, I9I4.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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THOMAS PAUL FORMAN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

COSTUMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2C, 12H5.

Application filed April 23, 1914. Serial No. 833,935.

T0 all whom t mag] concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. FORMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of lNaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Costumer, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

This invention relates to coat and hat holdersof that type known as costumers.

The general objects of the present invention are to improve and simplify the construction of articles of furniture of the character referred to so as to be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, of durable and substantial design and reliable and eiiicient in use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a costumer in which the standard or stem is a tubular metallic member having integral feet formed at the bottom thereof by splitting the tube longitudinally and spreading the split portions outwardly and downwardly in radial relation to the stem, so as to provide a wide supporting base, the upper end of the stem having a head of novel construction provided with a series of large and small hooks for supporting coats, hats and the like, said head being formed integral with the tubular stem or separate therefrom.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

ln the accompanying drawing, which illustrates certain embodiments of the invention, and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure l is a perspective view of the costumer; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section. F ig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 4:; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the head; and Fig.

'5 is a perspective view of a modified form of head.

Referring to the drawing, l designates the standard or stem of the costumer, which is preferably a tube of metal and is formed with a base 2 which comprises a plurality of downwardly and outwardly extending feet 3 produced by splitting the tube longitudinally from the bottom and bending the intermediate split portions into the desired form to provide a comparatively wide supporting base for the costumer. Gn the upper end of the tubular stem l is a head 4 which is revolubly mounted thereon. This head consists of a cylindrical or tubular body 5 of an internal diameter substantially the same as the external diameter of the upper end of the stem, so that the latter will fit therein, and on this stem is a shoulder formed by a fixed collar or other suitable means 6 on which the head l bears rotatably. The head is made from a. piece of tubular stock which is split longitudinally at its top into a plurality of members, and of these the members 7 are bent outwardly and shaped into main hooks for coats or other articles, and the remaining members 8 may be bent together to form a conical crown piece to increase the attractiveness of the structure and to serve as a hat holder if desired. The lower part of the tubular body 5 is split longitudinally to provide the lower or secondary hooks 9, which are spaced somewhat below the main hooks, and to enable articles to be placed on or removed from the secondary hooks.

Instead of making the head separate from the tubular stem l, it can be made integral therewith, as shown in Fig. 5, wherein the main hooks 7a and secondary hooks 9L are formed by splitting the tubular stem longitudinally to form a plurality of members in which the alternating members '7a are bent slightly outwardly to form hooks, while the members 9a are bent downwardly to form a set of lower hooks. In both forms of the costumer the construction is comparatively simple and inexpensive and yet is of substantial and durable design as Well as attractive in appearance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A costumer comprising a stem or standard, a supporting basetherefor, a head surrounding the upper end of the stem, said head consisting of a tubular body split longitudinally at its top into a plurality of members and bent outwardly and shaped into article-supporting hooks.

2. A costumer comprising a stem or standard, a supporting base therefor, and a head surrounding the upper end of the stem, said head comprising a tubular body split longi tudinally at its top and bottom in spaced lines to provide members, the uppernnemmembers theupper members being bent into bers being bent outwardly and upwardly -mainV hooks and the lower members being into main hooks .and the lowernmembers bebent into hooks orsupporting articles. ing bent into hooks for supporting articles. In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 3. A costumer comprising a stem or stand- Vname to this specification in the presence of 15 ard, a 'supporting base therefor, a head on two subscribing witnesses.

the upper end of thestem, and means on the THOMAS PAUL FORMAN. stem for rotatably supporting the head, said Witnesses: Y head comprising a tubular body split longi- WM. B. REYNOLDS,

10 tudinally at its top and ybottom to provide JOHN A. MOFFITT.

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